Fenerbahce Have To Beat Shakhtar Donetsk To Set Up RVP v Man United Match

byDavidonJuly 18, 2015

Robin van Persie faces a difficult task if he is to set up a potential tie with Manchester United in the Champions League play-offs after Fenerbahce were drawn against Shakhtar Donetsk in the third qualifying round.

The Turkish club returns to UEFA competitions after a two-year ban for match-fixing, with former United players Van Persie and Nani needing to overcome a two-legged affair with the Ukrainian Premier League runners-up to progress.

Were Fenerbache to prevail, Vitor Pereira’s side would be unseeded in the League Route of the play-off round, while United would enter the competition as a seeded club based on their current UEFA coefficient ranking.

Elsewhere, Celtic face a trip to Azerbaijan or Montenegro in the next round after being drawn to play Qarabag or Rudar Pljevlja.

Ronny Deila’s men must beat Stjarnan in the second round, and the Scottish champions take 2-0 advantage to Iceland for the second leg next Wednesday.

Qarabag drew 0-0 at home to Rudar in Azerbaijan in the first leg.

Meanwhile, last season’s quarter-finalists Monaco have been paired with Young Boys, Ajax drew Rapid Vienna, CSKA Moscow host the first leg with Sparta Prague and Panathinaikos face Bruges.

The Greek side could go straight into the group stage, however, with domestic champions Olympiakos implicated in an ongoing criminal match-fixing investigation that could result in them being expelled from the competition.

In a separate draw for national champions, Basel, who reached the last 16 last season, will play either Lech Poznan or Sarajevo.

The first-leg matches will be played on July 28-29, with the return fixtures on August 4-5.

Messi could be the best at this moment, because there are no real players that he can compete with.
He should be when the Master (Zinedine Zidan) use to be at the fields, and pretty sure he will stay with his mouth either open of foolness or with his mouth shut because he will not have nothing to show.
Who is the beter of goalkeeprs of all times, there was no goalkeeper for the Master he had beten all best goalkeepers, has Messi done that, well will see if he is good as much think on the world cup, Which I am pretty sure they will not get to FINALS…..

Well it is strong game which myself i call it a final before the final…. But realy can not say who will win because before teams are performing well and with the advantage that Inter has already,,,,, realy is something else but let wait and see the ball will decid…

i belief to beat inter is to take control of the mid-field and feed the attachers even from the wings to enable my messi do his finishing job perfectly. i see inter as a no threat to us at all, with lionel whom i always reffer to as cornel, victory over vinter is what we will deffinately do. LONG LIVE BARCA.

well only to stop barca is not by defensive it just by attacking and push them in defense by that only you can win inter defending 90 minuts to barca is sure that you are loosing this game so just attack them. if u don’t conceed a goal in first half then there is almost a chance to win the game. so best of luck to inter milan.barca its time to good bye for champions league

The Champions League winner, will be either Inter Milan or Barcelona. It is sad that they already meet in the semi-finals, because a final on a neutral ground between those teams would be AMAZING. One of the best defensive teams against maybe the strongest offensive team in Europe, for the time being.

I don’t think Lyon or Bayern will be capable of winning against either of those teams. The reason why I think they won’t be winning, is simply, that they haven’t been convincing enough.

Bayern were lucky to beat Fiorentina by an offside goal and advance to the quarterfinals, and even though they impressed me by beating united with 2 amazing comebacks, there were still alot of holes in their defensive line. They wouldn’t stand a chance against Barca’s offensive (Messi, Pedro, Iniesta etc.) with that poor defensive play. And Inter would win 1-0 if they were to meet Bayern in the Finals.

Lyon is a bit of a joker in my opinion, but I think they need that last bit, to be a threat against Barca or Inter (or even Bayern for that matter) I saw the second leg against Bordeaux, and they were seriously outplayed by them, and the only reason why they did advance, was because of outstanding goalkeeping. And I don’t think the goalkeeper will save them against barca, but against Inter, well maybe they’ll have a small chance (but really I don’t think that as a possibilty)

Well that’s just my bet on the Chl Winners 2010 And I will eat all of those words again if I’m wrong. (and sorry for spelling or grammar problems, I’m not English)

Totally agree with your comments. Bayern might be the weakest team to reach the CL semi-finals in years.

As for Inter v Barca it promises to be a great series. Arsenal showed that you cannot give Barca time and space to make all their little passes. You have to be stronger and physical as Chelsea were last season, and that describes Inter.

Messi is no doubt the best player in the world at the moment . Last night’s 4-1 win over Arsenal confirmed what we already knew. This time however, against Inter they stand no chance. Inter will reach the final!!

They have the talent in world of footbal to beat arsenal, most importantly I would them go all the way to the final and thrash man united. I want Barca to prove the world that they are the best team in the world and to man united.

There can be no cheating in Champions league. There must be
transparency. Starting with the referees. Unspeakable
was the performance of the Hungarian referee Viktor Kassai in Lisbon
18Aug2009 giving the same disciplinary value to a aggression (yellow card), 2 fouls with a view to preventing gaming and goal (without punishment), and take the shirt off to celebrate a goal ( second yellow card). Unbelievable.
Impaired? Sporting Club de Portugal.

man u champions again,you wait maha,see the youth and our striking force go mad.man u v barca final…arsenal dont have a final in them unless its there youth in carling cup in there lucky.rooney player of the year/world